What I think I’ve been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.
ROGER FEDERERI had a nice dinner. I let the evening unfold, flow. I like to sit in a chair with a wine glass. When I woke up, I thought, ‘Why didn’t I go to bed at 11?’ I came back at 3 and went to bed at 5.
More Roger Federer Quotes
-
-
When you’re good at something, make that everything
ROGER FEDERER -
I have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step on to the match court.
ROGER FEDERER -
It doesn’t need to be the same every day, doesn’t need to be the same shower I use, the same restaurant I go to, the same hour I go to sleep. I’ve always been very flexible. I don’t care if I practice at nine in the morning or 10 P.M.
ROGER FEDERER -
I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
ROGER FEDERER -
Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
ROGER FEDERER -
It is always in my mind still that I can crush anybody. That’s not an issue. But I think that is the same for most athletes. If you don’t believe you can win tournaments anymore, then you can’t do it.
ROGER FEDERER -
No, I’m not (disappointed). There’s no reason to be because I’m on an incredible run. You always expect a loss once in a while. So when it happens, why be disappointed if I win over 90% of my matches.
ROGER FEDERER -
The nicer the point, the more — the better I feel, the more excited I get. But I never play that my opponent looks stupid. I think that is wrong. I have too much respect for every opponent I play.
ROGER FEDERER -
When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.
ROGER FEDERER -
I always believe if you’re stuck in a hole and maybe things aren’t going well you will come out stronger. Everything in life is this way.
ROGER FEDERER -
I think it’s very hard for coaches to work with me. They’ll no doubt have a good CV afterwards, but at the same time they’re under a lot of pressure.
ROGER FEDERER -
A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.
ROGER FEDERER -
You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.
ROGER FEDERER -
Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
ROGER FEDERER -
I never waited 27 years, because 27 years ago I was just born. My parents never told me, ‘If you don’t win Roland Garros we take you to the orphanage.
ROGER FEDERER